Em C

[Verse]

Em                            C
I've kept it inside much too long
              Em
there's no relief
Em                             C
carried it around just like a stone
              Em
too heavy for me

[Chorus]

       C        D         C 
I have paid the price for standing
               Bm      Am
on the outside looking in
     C               D            Em
it's time to let the healing begin

[Verse]

Em                                       C
a boy is strung out, he's going through hell
            Em
his mother weeps
Em                                        C
his spirit is broken and there's nothing left
                 Em
just a terrible need
        C        D              C                D
and the days are marked, by the heaviness of the heart
   Bm    Am     C         D             Em
it never mends, until the healing begins

[Interlude]

G                 Dm                         G
and the tension prowls the street like an animal
G                 Dm                       G
the people stay inside behind their locks and chains
         C
it's a shame
        D                     Em       Bm     Am
when so many are trying their best to live as one
        C                    D             Em
and the smoke from the fires covers up the sun

[Verse]

Em                            C
a young girl is lying in the dirt
                  Em
her dreams ended there
Em                                     C
caught in the crossfire on somebody's turf
              Em
hatred in the air

[Chorus]

C                        D
it' a voice that never sings
C                    Bm
a winter without the spring
         Am
it never ends

C                    D         Em       
it's time to let the healing begin
C                    D         Em
it's time to let the healing begin